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DiscountDelight - To Love Again
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List Price: $18.99
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Manufacturer: Sony
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0827969775523
Format: DualDisc
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: 2005-10-18
Studio: Sony
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Only 2 stars.. since so many songs suck
Comment: This CD was interesting to listen to, more hits than misses, but the misses are paramount, and make you think Wow! what was Chris Botti thinking to allow such mediocre crap on his CD.
The short of it, great listen for a relaxing night, kick back with a couple of glasses of Merlot, the lights low, a good book, and listen to great jazz by the trumpeter.
The long of it:
Track #1 Embraceable you- Smooth refreshing and Crisp
Track# 2 What are you doing for the rest of your life- Great Song- Sting is so wonderful on the vocal, his voice is so clear and romantic. I love how his accent peeks through. Very beautiful.
Track #3 My One and Only Love by Paula Cole- not sure who Paula Cole is, but I know one thing. I don't care to know who Paula Cole is. The instrumental solo lasts so long, you almost forget that Paula's voice is so pitchy. This song, clearly would have excelled without the vocals. It sounds like she is trying to hard, and her vocals are shaky and too breathy at times, overall it sucks.
Track #4 Let there be Love- Michael Buble- Upbeat and entertaining, Michael's is on point with vocals. A great little melody that makes you want to dance the jig.
Track #5 What's New- Smooth ad wonderful flow on the instrumental, this tune is spellbinding
Track #6 Good Morning Heartache- featuring Jill Scott - Light refreshing smooth jazz, with a splash of hip hop blended in. This song seems like a solo, as Jill Scott vocals come in at 2:25 into the song. By far the longest track on the CD, it is well worth it as Jill brings it!! with her light girly sound, and powerful vocals.
Track #8 Are you Lonesome tonight- Paul Buchanan- Maybe not lonely, but Paul sure sounds drunk, how did this little ditty make it through?
Track #9-Lover Man- Gladys Knight has been scrapped from oblivion to lend her vocals she does a good job. It was lovely to hear her hit the high notes, and bring life to this song.
Track #10- I'll be seeing you - a passionate and bold instrumental- Chris gives his all, and it is almost as if he has saved all his energy for his last solo (instrumental)
The last three tracks on the CD can be summed up as Pitiful. Seriously, I don't understand how these songs made the cut.
Track #11 Pennies from Heaven- Renee Olstead The big band is on track, but the vocals stink! Renee butchers the song in everyway possible, it is pitchy, off key, some of the pronunciations are wrong. A complete mess from start to finish.
Track #12- Here's that Rainy Day- Rosa Passos- another bad one, why Rosa didn't sing in her native tongue rather than butcher the English language is a mystery to me. In addition, Rosa sounds like she has had a bottle or two of cheap wine. Chris's prelude is the only thing that saves this song.
Track #13 Smile- Steven Tyler- I want to note that I understand that after a stint in rehab stars, have a lot of things to work into their schedules that was probably missed while sitting around in slippers and a robe. I can sympathize, clearly whoever was handling Steven's Tyler schedule should have pushed the date in the studio for this number back to another day. Steven's voice cracks more times than not. The song is so sad, somebody should get him back as soon as possible, or give him a hit of something. I hardly doubt anybody was smiling listening to this crap. At a point in the song, through the horrible voice cracking, it sounds like Steven is in tears. The question is, how did Steven allow this mess of a song on his CD? Did he not get a chance to listen to it? Was his ears plugged up? This is by far the worst track on the CD, certainly the best was not saved for last.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Smooth Jazz Compilation: All Tracks Featuring Chris Botti
Comment: I love this album, it mostly maintains Botti's traits of his
personal music taste and sense in some tunes. Since he joined
Sony Music, however, his label seems to be striving for pushing
him into pop music scene to gain recognition of pop music fans
and boost his album sales before he gets too old, it sounds
like this album succumbs to the savor of pop music market at
times.
There is nothing wrong with this "duet" strategy, but this
sounds more like a smooth jazz compilation of celebrated/
not-so-well-known pop vocalists, and Botti here, looks more
like a respectable musician to accompany these singers for
the purpose of highlighting this compilation album - though
it is seemingly a Chris Botti album featuring artists of
various genre.
I give 5 stars for Chris Botti the handsome trumpeter and his
attractive performance in this album, 4 stars for other artists
and the selection of songs. Nonetheless, I think there could
be more intriguing choices for the duets. I'd like to see Chris
collaborate with my other favorite jazz musicians such as Peter
Cincotti and Chris's former labelmate Diana Krall one day.
Customer Rating:
Summary: To Love Again - Chris Botti
Comment: This is a great CD by Chris Botti. Rich, lush and interesting textures of voices and music. I'm enjoying it immensely and recommend it to anyone.
Customer Rating:
Summary: 'To Love Again' is right on time
Comment: This is my sixth Chris Botti CD and it was a change of pace that seems to be right on time. With the duets trend hitting the charts the past few years (Kenny G, Herbie Hancock, Ray Charles and Jim Brickman to name a few) one has to wonder if we are starting duet overkill. So I listened as Sting, Gladys Knight, Paula Cole and Michael Buble' make another contribution to a duet CD. But once again their work was very good and different from the other efforts. Then add young talented Renee Olstead and Jill Scott showing some veteran like 'jazz pizzazz' and the project comes off as poetry of pleasantry. The album picks up where Chris left off on his previous project 'When I Fall in Love', so it is only fitting that this one would be entitled 'To Love Again'. 'Good Morning Heartache' which seems to get most of the Radio air time brings out a Jill Scott that I never knew. The four non-vocal cuts show the versatility and Miles Davis like talent Chris possesses. The mellowness and range of `Embraceable You' definitely highlights his skill with notes. For easy listening or just entertaining friends with soft background sounds `To Love Again' is right on time. ~the JazzeOne
Customer Rating:
Summary: dualdisc too hard to listen to.
Comment: so far I haven't been able to find a cd player that it will play on with the dualdisc. If you want to play cds this is not type you want to use.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Somewhere, Kenny G is hiding behind his cascading ringlets in shame. Chris Botti, a jazz world super-talent whose trumpeting earns frequent comparisons to Miles Davis and Chet Baker, has found the formula for classing up the pop charts, and within it there's not a single soaring sax or tired attempt at career revivalism to be found. What we're treated to instead is an all-star lineup (Sting, Gladys Knight, Michael Buble and others) vocally saluting a musician whose resume reads like a page torn out of the Rock Snob's Dictionary: in addition to touring with Sting, Botti has played sideman to Paul Simon, Natalie Merchant, Joni Mitchell, and dozens more. Here that experience pays off handsomely. Gone are the matinee-idol smooth artist's earlier experiments with jazz synthesizers and pop-fusion compositions (see 2002's Night Sessions for those), and present in their place are his classical instincts. Gil Evans might have been his guide as the unmistakable opener "Embraceable You," one of a handful of instrumental tracks, swirls into the enchanting, ultra-sophisticated "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life," for instance, and listeners need not feel like fogies for loving it. If Steven Tyler can sign on to sing along with a traditional arrangement of Charlie Chaplin's "Smile" while the London Session Orchestra lays down its trademark jazz lushness behind him, after all, you can let down your guard long enough to admit this disc leaves you feeling vaguely dreamy. --Tammy La Gorce
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